Test Automation Engineer

Company Overview

Motorola Solutions is a global community focused on protecting people, property, and places through innovative technology. We build collaborative solutions that support safer communities, schools, hospitals, businesses, and nations.

Department Overview

The Avigilon Alta Video team develops mission critical infrastructure for our Video Management System. We are expanding the platform to enable deep tier interconnection across Motorola's product portfolio, prioritizing high performance engineering, architectural integrity, and reliable real time tools.

Job Summary

We are hiring a Test Automation Engineer for Uxbridge. The role blends automation expertise with API and browser testing, strong coding skills, and a collaborative mindset. Proficiency in Typescript/Playwright is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to public safety and enterprise security by executing and assuring the quality of cutting edge solutions.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to maintain continuous quality benchmarks for real time systems and new AI features.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated tests in existing frameworks (e.g., TypeScript/Playwright) across UI, API, and backend systems.
• Assist with performance, load, and stress tests on high performance systems and provide initial analysis.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and support frequent, high quality releases.

Basic Requirements

• Collaborative team player aligned with company values.
• Demonstrated proficiency in a modern programming language with core engineering principles.
• Experience automating UI and API workflows across multiple system layers.
• Solid troubleshooting and debugging skills for test failures and system issues.
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and experience contributing to or maintaining pipelines.

Preferred Experience

• Hands on experience with TypeScript/Playwright.
• Knowledge of soak or performance testing methodologies.
• Practical exposure to Jenkins or similar scheduling and integration tools.
• Background in video platforms, streaming technologies, or media solutions.
• Experience in hardware automation, mobile or web automation.
• Exposure to modern front end frameworks and state management patterns (Pinia, Vuex, Redux).
• Understanding of RESTful APIs, websockets, and web development principles.

Experience

2-5 years of software engineering, with foundational knowledge of HTML, CSS, TypeScript, and modern front end frameworks. Strong data structure, algorithm, and design pattern background is required.

Team & Culture

The team is distributed across geographies with offices in central London and Uxbridge. Working remotely part of the week and a flexible hybrid model (two days in office) are supported.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes
• Two weeks of additional pay per year (holiday bonus)
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible working options
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Career development support and broad learning opportunities
• Employee health and wellbeing support (EAP)
• Carbon neutral initiatives and corporate social responsibility programmes
• Discount scheme for well known companies

Travel & Relocation

Under 10% travel required. Relocation is not provided.

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.